Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I brought in the Readers ' Digests , ’ she muttered , unable to apply the brakes when she 'd been on such a powerful roll . |
| 2 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
| 3 | V.W. I tried to get something going last year after we 'd been on this girls in secondary schools course . |
| 4 | Well none of the lads were prepared to take that on , cos we 'd been on this contract with for the last eleven years . |
| 5 | We were not reassured when a solitary American tourist travelling on the same flight told us he 'd been on this very plane on a previous flight , and they found petrol pouring down the window before take-off , and had to do some repair work on it . |
| 6 | Originally the tax had been on each house ( or chimney ) and not a lump sum paid by diocese , and in 1205 Innocent III attempted to get the full amount , seeking Peter 's Pence " from each house that smoke comes out of " . |
| 7 | She felt cold , although the central heating had been on all morning , and took a large brown woollen shawl out of a drawer and wrapped it round her as she sat in the beanbag and listened . |
| 8 | I had been on all the northern capitals . |
| 9 | He continued on across the road and down by the side of the church , heading south towards Pimlico , trying to imagine how it had been on that September day all those years ago . |
| 10 | Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight . |
| 11 | She would likely never see her sister again , so that in her mind she would always be as she had been on that last walk over the moor to Barnswick . |
| 12 | He had been on that motorbike , which was in bits over beside the wall . |
| 13 | When he had been on this diet for ten days he was tested with various foods . |
| 14 | I was in the Lion , fortnight ago , Sunday dinnertime and lads had been on this er bike ride , you know for some children |
| 15 | None had experienced higher education , but 19 had been on some form of post-16 provision . |
| 16 | But Karen had been on these holidays before . |